13 Real Ways To Earn Money From Home In 2024

With every year comes new resolutions and while some focus on losing weight, others are thinking of more. Living more, travelling more.

Many people reach out every month and tell me that they are interested in finding ways to earn money from home while working on their laptops.

The thought of being your own boss, working a remote job online or making money in your PJs is a dream for many.

It once was my dream too, and I haven't given up until I made it happen.

Below I wanted to share some legit and real ways to inspire you to earn money from home. Remember, it's totally possible!

1. Sell Some Stuff You Don’t Need Anymore

We’re all hoarders in our own way. Some of us collect specific items while most of us just accumulate random stuff.

Regardless, we’re bound to run into a situation where we have so much stuff that we don’t use just sitting around. So let’s put it to use.

Thanks to sites like Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace, there are many avenues for us to sell our unused stuff to others.

So look around what's sitting in your cupboards and start selling stuff. You could walk away with a cleaner living space and maybe a couple hundred bucks.

2. Start A Blog

Another great idea is to make money blogging.

I started blogging 5 years ago and it has opened up so many incredible opportunities, from working with brands to connecting with amazing people and travelling the world.

A blog requires a bit more thought than the other things on our list but there is a lot of merit to it.

A blog can evolve into something much bigger than just writing and become a platform for you to sell products and services.

Generally, when you think about starting to blog, you should have a specific theme in mind that you are passionate about because you will potentially be writing this blog and creating content around it for a while.

Setting up a blog with WordPress is easy and costs you as little as $3.95 per month with Bluehost, the company I host this very website with. It is the cheapest and best web hosting for beginner bloggers and I have been with them since the very start, over 5 years ago and never looked back.

Once you have figured out a niche and build a bit of momentum, you can start monetising your site and make money steadily from it.

There are so many different ways to make money from your blog while sitting in the comfort of your home, such as through partnerships, affiliate income or advertising.

3. Become A Freelancer

From writers to software developers and virtual assistants, if you are asking you how to make money from home easily, becoming a freelancer is a real option to start up fast.

With job platforms like Fiverr, Upwork and many more, it’s easy to offer your current skills as a service to clients and get paid for it.

If you are looking for remote work, I recommend signing up to FlexJobs, one of the leaders in the industry that will help you source handpicked and pre-screened jobs in over 50 different categories.

Read Also: How To Start Freelancing For Beginners

4. Use Ebates Cashback

One of the creative ways to make money online is to use Ebates cash back. The idea behind Ebates cash back is simple: you sign up for an Ebates account, shop for the things you need and love, and you get rewards back for shopping. Easy!

This idea is probably more for the shoppers who wants to save money in the long term, because initially you'll have to spend money right? 

5. List Your Spare Room On Airbnb

Something a little more lucrative is to go and list your spare room on Airbnb.

Especially if you’re not using it or you plan to be out of town fulfilling your travel dreams, this can be a good way of making some extra cash. Otherwise your apartment would be empty anyways, right?

All you need to do is sign up to Airbnb and list your room with some photos and your availability. Don't forget that Airbnb takes a cut from your profits.

6. Sell On Amazon Or Ebay

Another avenue you can go in is selling your items online. Sure, you could build your own ecommerce store, but why not leverage the reach and authority of giants like Amazon or Ebay who have been established for years and people have their credit cards saved in the backend, ready to spend money.

On top of that Amazon also has an affiliate program which you could use to sell Amazon products through your blog in the future. This way, you don't even have to make your own products, which cuts out the initial outlay for manufacturing. However, to be successful with affiliate marketing, you will need a bit of traffic.

7. Teach English Or Tutor Others Online

You may not believe it, but English is a difficult language to learn for other non-English speakers. From the grammar rules to annunciation, many people struggle with it.

As a result, you can make money online by tutoring English to others. There are various companies to consider signing up with. Make sure they are reputable like EF Education First, just to name one, but there are many others, just do your research.

8. Rent Out Things You Don’t Need

If you don’t have rooms to rent out on Airbnb, you can always rent out other things in your household as well.

Especially if you know those items won’t be missed and are valuable to others. From clothing, seats in your car, to hedge trimmers and more, there are so many ways to earn money from home through this.

9. Create An Online Course And Help Others

Do you think you have skills that people want and look up to?

Whether it’s a group coaching or complete online course on a specific topic. Sure, this may cost you a little bit more time to set up, but once it's set up you simply have to maintain it and your earning potential is unlimited. You can even expand on your initial course and create various other complementing courses.

10. Build an online store and sell things at a profit

The online store world, also called ecommerce, is a massive industry and has blown up over the last couple of years.

If you have products already, or a product idea for that matter, that you wish to sell, this idea can quickly gain momentum through social media and influencers. It also works adds value if you already run a blog as you can brand your own products and make a bigger margin than what you would when selling affiliate products.

I actually started building my own online store and sell on Amazon too!

11. Sell Your Photography

Art comes in many forms and photographs is one of them. There is actually a huge demand for visual content by many brands around the world these days.

If you love taking pictures and use quality equipment, then why not try and sell some of your shots. There are many sites that’ll pay you royalties for photos.

You could also approach brands directly. Surely, you will have to build yourself a name but the possibilities are endless once you start building out your network. You may even be hired as a dedicated photographer down the line.

12. Manage Social Media Accounts For Others

With social media being so popular, we are sometimes not entirely sure if something even happened if it didn't make it onto social media.

Many big and small brands and companies are looking to put great content on social media on a daily basis, but it can be difficult for people to manage them all.

If you are social media savvy, this is a great industry for you to do what you love and make money with it.

When I started out as a digital nomad and had the desire to work online, I also managed social media accounts, worked on digital marketing strategy and managed ad campaigns. 

It’s not out of the question for you to be the manager of various social media accounts too. Here is how.

13. Become A Virtual Assistant

The final idea for making money online is becoming a virtual assistant.

Actually, there are many great remote jobs that you can do without being stuck to a certain location!

A virtual assistant is somewhat similar to working as a social media manager, with some more basic and broader less specialised tasks.

So what skill does a virtual assistant need you're asking? I have hired virtual assistants to help with research, blog templates, managing my Pinterest and other general other tasks.

As long as you can prioritise and strategise on tasks and communicate effectively, you can totally be a virtual assistant, you don't even need a lot of experience for this online job.

Either way, it’s mostly easy work and if you can juggle multiple clients you can potentially make a lot of money from it.

In today's world, there are so many different ways for you to be earning an income from the comfort of your home and online.

The real question is, how far you’re willing to go with it. Do you want to generate some extra income with a side hustle or are you planning to quit your job and work entirely from home or from your laptop anywhere in the world?

It's not all easy peasy from the get go, but remember that with making money online, you reap what you sow.